scusate, non so da dove e come sia arrivato su un m14 quel calcio pieghevole, ma mi permetto di insistere: è indubbiamente il calcio del beretta bm59. ho allegato anche una foto, sono identici.
i casi sono due: o quel prototipo di m14 usa il calcio beretta, oppure il calcio è americano e la beretta l'ha utilizzato per i bm59 di serie.
in sostanza cambia poco.
anch'io sapevo che fossero proprio beretta...
cmq, mi ha incuriosito il china lake:
the china lake model (or china lake pump-action grenade launcher) is a pump-action grenade launcher that was developed by the special projects division of the china lake naval weapons center, which provided equipment to navy seals. navy seals were unsatisfied with the single-shot nature of the m79 and xm148 grenade launchers, and the repeating t148e1 grenade launcher was unreliable, so they made a request to china lake engineers. seal teams were pleased with the resultant pump-action grenade launcher, since the tubular magazine held three 40 x 46 mm grenades, and so with one grenade in the chamber, four grenades could rapidly be fired before reloading. in fact a skilled operator could fire four aimed shots before the first one landed. the grenade launcher was extremely light for its size, since a significant portion of it was made of aluminum. the weapon actually weighs 1-1/2 pounds less empty than an empty m79. loaded with 4 of the 8 ounce rounds, the 4 shot weapon weighs only 1/2 pound more than the single shot m79. despite this advantage in firepower, it did have limitations as it could not reliably feed the more oddly-shaped 40 mm grenades.
the pump-action grenade launcher featured leaf iron sights similar to the m79. the front sight is a fixed square notch. depending on if the leaf is folded or not, the rear square notch is either fixed or adjustable from 75 to 375 meters in 25-meter increments.
though meant for the seal teams, a handful were used by marine force recon and army 5th special forces group. sources differ as to how many weapons were produced. one claims that between 20 and 30 were made. the highest original receiver number found is 50, but it may never have been made into a functional weapon. [1] however, according to another source, only 16 were made.[2] since it was made on an ad hoc basis for special operations forces, it was not formally adopted and has no official designation. it is sometimes mistakenly referred to as the ex-41 and or the "china lake natic". the ex-41 was a design concept created in the mid-1980s based upon the earlier china lake model pump 40mm. the ex-41 was produced in prototype form a full 2 decades after the china lake model was produced. similarly, the china lake natic designation is also erroneous as the weapon was never known by that designation.
at least two grenade launchers are on display in museums. one, serial number 4, is at the udt/ seal museum in fort pierce, florida while the other, serial number 13, is found in the war remnants museum in vietnam. [2]
an effort to produce an improved version of the weapon began in 1992 when samuel "dutch" hillenburg a firearms writer specializing in military weapons teamed up with master machinist, brian fauci. in 2003, they achieved a breakthrough and were able to convince fellow writer and firearms enthusiast captain monty mendenhall to finance their research effort. by 2004, they had a functional prototype and began the process of product refinement.[citation needed] brian fauci later manufactured for the u.s. commercial market a limited number of such prototypes, calling the ultimate m79; this weapon has a 4-rounds feeding tube, and is marked canal side guns. the ultimate m79 is considered a destructive device under us laws and batfe regulations, and is on sale through armament services international inc. out of richboro, pennsylvania.
in june 2007, they were in limited production and ready to market the weapon to the military. at that time, they were approached with an offer from airtronic usa (the current government manufacturer of the m203) to acquire a license for military production and sales.[citation needed]
in july 2007, airtronic usa announced that they were entering large scale production with an initial order for 500 units destined for us military forces. this announcement occurred simultaneously with the taping of an episode of the popular military technology program, "weaponology".
sullo stesso sito ho poi trovato...
hush puppy con calciolo:
ithaca shotgun!
notare il frangifiamma...
mk24!!!
et voila...Originariamente inviata da specter
qualcuno di voi ha qualche immagine del l1a1 slr australiano che usavano i loro sas r in vietnam? era accorciato come canna, anzi era propio segato, caricatore da 30 e fullauto.
l'avevo visto sull'enciclopedia commando...
ps:
sapete mica quale è il modello dell'interrutore usato in questa m962 e visto che ci siamo anche dove si può trovare?
che su entrambe le surefire che ho,ho quello dopo con lo switch per il remoto
Ultima modifica di Grundig; 16/07/2008 a 20:51
bella carrellata di alcuni dei ferri del mestiere dei seals
domanda per i più esperti , ho trovato tempo fa questa foto su quelli che sembrerebbero degli upgrade alla serie m4 e mk18 , qualcuno sa dirmi se eventualmente sono già entrati in servizio con qualche unità ?
Ultima modifica di _marchino_; 03/11/2008 a 18:36
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